It seems very similar to Trotsky’s transitional program. However the resources I’ve found online explaining it have been few and short, so I’m still confused how mass line actually works in practice. It seems like a fantastic tactic for the left to deploy right now, but I haven’t found any resources that explain it in detail.

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The party trains and guides the most developed and revolutionary members of the masses, and the masses supplies those members to the party. It’s a strategy to prevent the worker’s party becoming detached and losing sight of the needs and goals of the proletariat

or more realistically just uplift whoever is convenient to local profit structures and economic incentives

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